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Specialty gas manufacturer SK Specialty's M&A trend

2024-10-17

As the merger of SK Specialty, the world's number one semiConductor specialty gas company, is in full swing, the business community is watching the direction of the new owner.

According to the investment banking (IB) industry news on September 19, private equity funds Hahn & Company, Brookfield Asset Management and MBK Partners submitted a preliminary letter of intent (LOI) to acquire SK Specialty, which has been put up for sale and acquired by SK Corporation, and entered a full-scale acquisition battle. Brookfield Asset Management is a Canadian alternative investment management company, and Hahn & Company and MBK Partners are Korean private equity fund companies.

SK Specialty, which is listed for sale this time, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SK Corporation. It was acquired by OCI Group in 2008 and then by SK Group in 2015. In particular, SK Specialty is the world's leading manufacturer of specialty gases for semiconductors and displays, such as nitrogen trifluoride(NF3), and its main customers Are Samsung Electronics and LG Display. The sale price is expected to be about 3 trillion won.  

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